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You need to contact the health authorities in the Bundesland where you want to work to find out if they accept your US training and what tests or papers they need. Normally you will have to have the same amount of hours in theory and practical nursing... I would assume it's a tedious process, you need translations of everything as well. But phone them to find out. 5cats

Urkunde= Diploma, so yes it's the RN (good old fashioned diploma), 2 years further training used to get you a certificate, that would state your further training. I heard there are some university based courses now available, but I'm not uptodate anymore with the german system, and what you would gain doing it. I only know the german system sucks. 5cats

You can only practice as an RN in the Province where you are registered. So if you want to practice in Ontario you have to apply there. While CRNE is Canada wide, registration is not. And it's not an easy transfer either, costs a lot of money and takes time. They will assess everything again according to their requirements. You can write CRNE out of the province, when you get eligibility you have to fill out a form with the location where you want to write. 5cats

I don't know how high I scored, good enough not to need any upgrading, that's all I know. 5cats

First of all you need to make sure that your education will be recognized. You need to contact the Swiss Red Cross and find out, plus your language depending on where you plan to live and work in Switzerland has to be sufficient (just be aware in the german part the spoken language is swiss german). Then go from there. 5cats

I would not even consider nursing school there if your language is not sufficient, you could still write them an email and figure their answer out (dictionary). Another issue in Switzerland: they speak dialect= swiss german there, tricky to understand. Why are you considering Switzerland? And it used to be that you have to be a resident for a certain time to go to nursing school there, not sure about those legal requirements now. Also not sure about fees. 5cats

check Welcome Page | Page d'accueil You can only apply without the experience in case you have arranged employment. No other way around it, and it has to be full time PAID experience or the equivalent in part time. 5cats

There are several threads discussing your problem here. Biggest issue is that LPN programs are not recognized in the Philippines and so you cannot get a licence, what leads to the question of quality. The main reason why people are considering it anyway is money. But what I can get out from the info here, I have the feeling at the end you are better off getting the training in the US. From my own experience with RN's who were relatively recently trained in the Philipines and then came to Canada, I would recommend the US as well. They have to catch up on many, many things, what takes a long time, so since you are a US citizen, I recommend training in the US at college that's widely accepted, so you won't have a problem should you choose to go for further training. But look at the threads existing here, and verify the info. And the end it's your decision. Good Luck 5cats

Try to contact the swiss nursing association http://www.sbk-asi.ch they should have all the info you need. There used to be a master and I believe a bachelor program, but just keep in mind that the system is different compared to the US. When I left switzerland everything was just changing again. 5cats

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We had a unit clerk during the day (8-4) and sometime assistants who would stock up and do vitals and stuff (for the HDU high dependy unit), or the floater would do that. I found it easier to work with RN's only in that unit, but maybe we also had bad luck with some of the nursing assistants. As I said I prefer nursing the whole of my patient and not only part of it :) Gives you also a better idea and even if it's sounds vain, but I still believe I wean the patients much faster from the vent that any of the RT's , just because I'm there all the time and can react quicker. 5cats

Everybody is interviewed though, no? So then the employer can find out if your english is sufficient enough, plus many people do speak dialect depending on where they are from, so even if your english is fluent you might have trouble understanding some people until you get used to it, I had really trouble understanding my scottish collegue for instance, and on the phone I had trouble with my indian collegues because of their heavy accents, takes a while to get used to it. After a while I was fine. 5cats

I worked in an ICU in England and our ratio was 1:1 for ventilated Patients, and 1:2 for non ventilated. I think in many ICU's in the US you have a much harder workload, but I must also say, in England the ICU nurse does everything, no RT's and whatsoever, I still prefer that though I must admit, I could do without respiratory therapists :) 5cats

Only in the north, lol In Switzerland you will hear swiss german and Austria also has it's dialects. You could look at www.krankenschwester.de - Online Community und Forum für Pflegeberufe for information It's a german site where you could practice your german as well. 5cats

5 years is a long time, hard to make plans for such a long timeframe, but... I loved England, who knows, if the payment would have been better compared to the extremely high costs of living, maybe I would have stayed, the weather sucks though, all that grey during wintertime. I had a good job there and could use a lot of my skills and learned some more. But if this, my personal experience will help you in making a decision? good luck 5cats ]

No, nonsense, nursing education in Germany is in german, nothing else would make sense. You pay nothing to go to nursing school. it's hospital affiliated, so you find an employer who is willing to invest in your training, it's a paid apprenticeship system. Your writing has to be good too and spoken german as well of course. 5cats

Plus paying those ridiculous agency fees, how are you paying those back? For a room alone you pay several 100 £ (I paid 350 several years ago). 5cats

A lot of people don't even read the info that is available allready, I'm not sure if the OP did that, so I mentioned sites that are available and were to get the info from, I think that is offering help. I and many others went through the whole proccess, so it's not that difficult, just paperwork, patience as the other poster mentioned and you have to read carefully. This is why I replied to this question. I find it more useful to enable people to help themselves than to outline every little bit. 5cats

Sorry no clue on that one, best way to find out pay the fee and see what they say. 5cats

Chances for a job as an IEN are so poor right now, I wouldn't worry about the waiting time at all. Plus the experience in my health region is so poor, there would be an outcry if they would hire anymore applicants from outside Canada, especially the Philippines. The newgrads here are told they might have to go casual, no jobs for them. 5cats

Your professional credentials have nothing to do with your legal status there, doesn't matter if you will be married to a german citizen, you still have to go through the process of getting your education assessed and recognized, if you want to work as a nurse with "Anerkennung". While the title RN is protected by law the job itself is not, so you cannot have the title nurse if you are not but you can still do nursing jobs, often in community care or in nursing homes, many people doing a nurses job there are not necessarily nurses. Unless something has changed in recent years, what I highly doubt. But you will need sufficient language knowledge. 5cats

Do speak one of the swiss languages? Are you aware that swiss german is a dialect not easy to understand with school german? You have to contact the swiss red cross to find out if your education is equal and accepted there, if yes and language is not a problem you have to get a work permit (often goes with an job offer), or how is your legal status there? 5cats

So what? What's the purpose if your post? To show that it's not all paradise to work in the US? To annoy people that would be happy to have your job, since they have none? If you are not happy in your job, get a different one. 5cats

I actually found the information on the cic website very clear and easy to understand, what is so confusing for you? Or is the process of getting registered confusing to you? But those steps are also outlined very clear often online on each provinces association/college of nursing. There are some stickies here on this site also about registration and becoming a nurse in Canada, maybe you start with those? Just be aware that the jobsituation in most places is pretty poor right now, so work permit route is unlikely. 5cats

I don't think the chance is the same, canadian grads would be preferred, especially since the experience with IEN's hasn't been good in all healthregions. And the newgrads are struggling right now to find a job. 5cats